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June 26th 2009 -
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The following article by my friend, John MacArthur, is a tremendous reminder of the importance of the resurrection and what it secures for every believer in Christ.
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June 23rd 2009 - The following is a comment that I left at Adrian Warnock's site where he had reviewed Dr. John Piper's article, The Morning I Heard the Voice of God. I had also read John's article and was very encoura...continue
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June 22nd 2009 - "But He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD," Hebrews 10:12
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June 17th 2009 - John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:14 ¶ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten fr...continue
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June 12th 2009 - As Spurgeon has rightly said,
"Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven."
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June 4th 2009 - Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God." Hold off your hands, ye enemies! Sit down and wait in patience, ye believers! Acknowledge that Jehovah is God, ye who feel the terrors of his wrath! Adore ...continue
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June 2nd 2009 - The Puritan Thomas Brooks once said: "Consider Christian, that all your: trials and troubles, calamities and miseries, crosses and losses, which you meet with in this world are all the hell that you sh...continue
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May 26th 2009 - Please read Alan Kurschner's excellent post; it is a powerful article under the title, "God Owes Us Nothing" - which, I believe, gives helpful insight to this post below.
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May 25th 2009 - “If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all th...continue
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May 18th 2009 - There's always a danger in making lists that include some and not others. But I wanted to share with you some of the men of God that I listen to or read with great interest frequently and who faithfully...continue
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May 15th 2009 - treasuring the Lord in triumph and trial.
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May 11th 2009 - "Far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." -Galatians 6:14
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May 4th 2009 - A Heavenly Escort
"And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest." -Genesis 28:15
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May 1st 2009 - Just the name of the Lord Jesus Christ itself, contains the most all-encompassing Christological statements of His nature, work and person found anywhere in all of theology: we call Him Lord, because ...continue
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April 27th 2009 - The cross is rough, and it is deadly, but it is effective. A 47
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April 25th 2009 - ...the ministry of the Holy Spirit
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April 23rd 2009 -
I have known Jerry Bridges for a number of years; and there is no one on the evangelical horizon who speaks with such humility, biblical-grace based sanctification, and authenticity.
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April 20th 2009 - For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
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April 13th 2009 - Before we move too quickly away from Resurrection Weekend, I wanted to post one more article about the great work of redemption our Lord has fully accomplished. No commentary; just the ancient words of Scriptu...continue
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April 10th 2009 - The crucifixion of Jesus Christ was the climax of redemptive history, the focal point of God’s plan of salvation. God’s redeeming work culminated in the cross, where the Lord Jesus bore the sins of His...continue
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April 3rd 2009 - ...bringing Mars Hill Church to Mars Hill
Setting Some Wrongs... RightSome of you seeing me post another article about Mark Driscoll are expecting me to come out of the box swinging, prepared to challenge, do battle against, or slice and ...continue
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April 2nd 2009 - Read these powerful words from my dear friend Dr. James White. Thank the Lord there are still men of God who are not being silenced or seduced by becoming just another political voice to the culture, but s...continue
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March 30th 2009 - "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come,
you who are blessed by My Father, enter the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world'"
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March 27th 2009 - Reprobation is the antithesis to election and necessarily follows from it. If God does not elect a person, He rejects him. If God decides not to convert a sinner into a saint, He decides to let him re...continue
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March 23rd 2009 - This is the gospel of Jesus Christ: salvation is by sola fide--through faith alone; sola gratia--by grace alone; solus Christus--in Christ alone; sola scriptura--according to the Word alone; soli Deo gloria--to the...continue
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March 20th 2009 -
URL code of video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc_FoELt8s
1Tim. 6:3 ¶ If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to go...continue
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March 17th 2009 - This gem, by Charles Spurgeon, I trust will bring further clarity on this great truth of the imputation of the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ and be an encouragement in your worship of Him in the ato...continue
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March 16th 2009 - "To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect." -JOHN OWEN
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March 9th 2009 - by C.H. Spurgeon
Such is LIFE. A bubble, brilliant with rainbow hues, delighting the eye of youth for a moment and then gone for ever, leaving not a trace behind. Man wilt thou risk thine all upon t...continue
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March 2nd 2009 - “My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
'Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,
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February 19th 2009 - "All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out."—John 6:37.
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February 17th 2009 - “For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, wh...continue
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February 9th 2009 - Here is a very good measuring rod we should all consider in evangelism written by Pastor Tom Chantry:
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February 5th 2009 - Less than two hours ago, Jim Geraghty from NRO reported the following:
President Obama, moments ago, during the National Prayer Breakfast: "We know there is no God who condones the killing of an innoce...continue
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February 3rd 2009 - "Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord...continue
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January 26th 2009 - "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on Him." --John 3:36
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January 22nd 2009 - Psalm 139:13-16
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
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January 19th 2009 - Psalm 50:21-22
21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
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January 16th 2009 - My friend and co-laborer in Christ, Dr. S. Lance Quinn who is the Pastor-Teacher of The Bible Church of LIttle Rock, forwarded me this quote below per my request. Lance and I have dialogued greatly over the ye...continue
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January 12th 2009 - GOD THE FATHER (elected by):
Eph. 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
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January 8th 2009 - We live in a time where people say that Elvis lives and God is dead. We live in a generation that plants trees but uproots marriages. We live in a culture where individuals will bring nations together...continue
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January 7th 2009 -
J.I. Packer once said,
"Doctrinal preaching certainly bores the hypocrites; but it is only doctrinal preaching that will save Christ’s sheep."
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"Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and p...continue
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December 26th 2008 - Merry Christmas from all of us at CampOnThis and AudienceONE Ministries.
May your thoughts be full of the Savior and His blessed incarnation as we focus our hearts and minds on "the Word became flesh an...continue
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December 21st 2008 - by A.W. Pink
IMMUTABILITY is one of the Divine perfections which is not sufficiently pondered. It is one of the excellencies of the Creator which distinguishes Him from all His creatures. God is perp...continue
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December 16th 2008 - Three years ago, my 12 year old son, Marshall, (who is now 15) was facing a potentially serious medical situation that the Lord had wonderfully spared him from by giving positive evidence through an MRI...continue
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December 10th 2008 - “Thy statutes are my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.” –Psalm 119:54
The true sojourner for Christ is never without a song to sing every step of his earthly journey. Though some days our way ma...continue
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December 5th 2008 - UPDATED
As much as I appreciated what Rick Warren did in his faith presidential forum several months ago, his appearance last evening on one of my favorite programs, Hannity and Colmes, was disappointing. What Pastor Warren responded with to some of host's Allan Colmes simple yet important questions was not the biblical gospel of ...continue
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December 1st 2008 - There is no cure for H-I-V; but there is for S-I-N in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ!
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November 28th 2008 - PART ONE:
Should we be charging for ministry? It's an important question; and how we answer it will have tremendous consequences as to how we approach and do ministry... biblically.
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November 26th 2008 - “Therefore God also
has highly exalted Him and given Him the name
which is above every name.” -PHILIPPIANS 2:9
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November 21st 2008 -
Oh Lord, send a great awakening among your people again according to Your Word; by Your Holy Spirit, for the praise of Your glory, for the spread of Your gospel, for the holiness of Your people. Leav...continue
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November 17th 2008 - "Those whom, God effectually calls he also freely justifies, not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything...continue
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November 12th 2008 - by William Hendriksen
Thoughts on Psalm 73:12-19
A Very Unpopular Doctrine
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November 10th 2008 - ...what popes, philosophers, and emergent pastors fail to recognize
by Martin Luther
excerpts taken from his "Table Talk"
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November 7th 2008 - A biblical worldview
Sports is the great family pass-time in the United States. I have five kids; and all five are engaged in sports at various levels. My two oldest sons are amazing football player...continue
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When I was touring through Europe eleven years ago, I had the opportunity to visit Lutherstadt at Wiitenberg to see the birthplace of the Reformation. I was so moved by all that I saw and r...continue
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October 27th 2008 - The Gift of God's Son, the Guarantee of All Other Blessing
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? -Romans 8:32
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October 22nd 2008 - For the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness,
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October 20th 2008 - "It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth.
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October 17th 2008 - "Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I tell you?" (Luke 6:46)
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October 14th 2008 - updated
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October 11th 2008 - Watch this brief video below and think through carefully the important question that it raises from the beginning: what is the gospel? And then may I ask you to reflect on this conclusion: did Piper answe...continue
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October 10th 2008 - Matthew 6:19-34
19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust...continue
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October 8th 2008 - This article and the statement of belief and faith have been updated.
My dear friends and colaborers in the Lord, Dr. Lance Quinn, Pastor/Teacher, The Bible Church of Little Rock, Dr. John MacArthu...continue
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As the issues surrounding the Emergent/Emerging Church continues to escalate, it is profitable and most necessary for us all to reaffirm, fill our hearts and fix our minds upon the Word of God. As the...continue
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September 29th 2008 - All of the law and prophets are contained in the two great commandments: "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." And th...continue
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September 28th 2008 - by Rick Frueh from the Cot Combox
We have constructed our own evangelical tower of Babel which in the end leads nowhere. We have mixed the holy with the profane. We have become a wild ass, running and...continue
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September 27th 2008 - We've died once to the penalty of sin:
Titus 2:11 ¶ For the grace of God has appeared, with salvationa for all people,Saved by grace.
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September 23rd 2008 - Where are the men of God who tremble at His Word; who preach it straightforwardly; who live it uncompromisingly; who walk circumspectly; who have a bold orthodoxy and a countenance clothed with humility;...continue
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September 19th 2008 -
...has Piper lost his mind or just forgotten his Bible?
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September 14th 2008 - By J.C. Ryle
Another danger to young men is THOUGHTLESSNESS.
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September 8th 2008 - By Stephen Charnock
(An excerpt from The Chief of Sinners Saved)
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September 3rd 2008 - ...the ineffectualness of candy coated, romantic gospel appeals
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September 2nd 2008 - Titled & Compiled by Dr. James White
"We have to deal with a spirit, I know not how to denominate it, unless I call it a spirit of moderatism in the pulpits of protestant churches. Men have begun to rub...continue
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August 31st 2008 - CAN ANYONE SPELL... PANDERING?
One must wonder when Pastor Joel Hunter actually began to drink the postmodern, Obama Kool-aid on human rights and his deficient view of the authority and veracity of Scriptur...continue
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August 29th 2008 - Since Wednesday evening I have had a terrible bout with food poisoning. Though I didn't sleep at all Wednesday night, I finally got a few hours of needed rest last evening. But I am still very weak, phys...continue
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"Is the Congregation to Hold Their Leadership Accountable?"
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August 22nd 2008 - In some past posts I have been very critical of Rick Warren for aspects of his Purpose Driven Life campaign; his environmental climate initiative, thinking he can cure world hunger, his convoluted 2006...continue
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August 19th 2008 -
Here is the opening video that Bob Kauflin featured at his Worship God conference just a few weeks ago. It is excellent and will encourage your hearts and minds greatly. Take a moment from the fast paced craziness of your d...continue
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August 15th 2008 - My dear late friend, Larry Norman, wrote a brilliant song many years ago called, The Outlaw. It poetically unveiled the many different faces of who people think Jesus is. It was the contemporary answering of our Lord's question to Peter, "who do men say that I am?" In today's culture and whacky, m...continue
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August 12th 2008 - ...are feelings, impressions, and arrogant boasts to be considered "words from the Lord?"
Preach the Word; and...?Men seldom tremble anymore when they speak for God. They forget that it is an awesome and weighty thing to stand behind the sacred desk and preach His Word. W...continue
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